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Dharma Talks
2022-01-30 Meditation Instructions 60:48
Zohar Lavie
Meeting the pleasant with patient playfulness.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-30 Simple Breath and Body Awareness 30:37
Tempel Smith
All practices of mindfulness begin with commitment toward breath and body awareness. This is where we start our practice and where our practice develops. Here in this guided meditation we simplify our ambition just to rest in the in breath and out breath.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-01-30 Scanning the body for feeling Tone. 64:02
Bonnie Duran
Guided meditation on Vedana.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Befriending the World through Mindfulness

2022-01-29 Dharma Talk - From Conditioned Habits to Freeing Ways of Relating 49:01
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-29 Reflections to realize in permanence. 47:22
Bonnie Duran
This talk discusses the body and feeling tone reflections that help realize impermanence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Befriending the World through Mindfulness

2022-01-29 Guided Metta Meditation 44:24
Nathan Glyde
Cultivating goodwill.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-29 Questions and Responses 16:21
Zohar Lavie
This recording also includes Nathan Glyde.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-29 Meditation Instructions 53:14
Nathan Glyde
Steadily allowing arising and passing.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-28 Week 3 - Guided Meditation 42:49
Kirsten Kratz
Breathing w Compassionate Presence
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-28 Opening Talk - Roots and Routes of Dukkha and Release 27:58
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-28 Week 3 - Guided Meditation 40:15
Kirsten Kratz
Holding Self & Other in Compassion
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-28 Honoring Thich Nhat Hannh, Breath meditation, Q+A 1:34:56
Bhante Sujato
Honoring Thich Nhat Hannh. Breath meditation explained and guided by Bhante Sujato. Q+A: sīlā, samādhi, paññā as a comprehensive framework for the elements of the path, derived from the Buddha's teaching on the Gradual Training, e.g. in Dīgha Nikāya 2. Breath meditation as opposed to ancient pranayama techniques trying to control the breath. Meditation methods require balance between receiving and doing. Threshold concentration. Weird experiences during meditation.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • DN 2, Sāmaññaphala Sutta by suttacentral.net (Link)
  • AN 106, Nijjara Sutta by suttacentral.net (Link)

2022-01-28 Ageing 18:47
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Ageing is one of the 'Messemgers of the Gods' that woke the Buddha up to his spiritual journey. The others were Sickness, a Corpse and an ascetic sitting under a tree, suggesting there may be a way out suffering and rebirth.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Dhammapada

2022-01-27 Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh 51:02
James Baraz
The great Vietnamese Master, Thich Nhat Hanh, passed away on January 22nd at the age of 95. Thay, as he was known to his students, was one of the most influential Buddhist masters in modern times.We spend the evening exploring his teachings and honoring his spirit. A short clip of him teaching is included as part of the evening.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2022-01-27 Thirteen Ways of Looking at Dharma Practice 1:15:10
Anushka Fernandopulle
Gaia House Thirteen Ways of Looking at Dharma Practice

2022-01-27 Tenderness and a Tribute to Thich Nhat Hanh 1:11:38
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-01-26 Building Our Resilience Through Practice and Community 63:18
Jessica Morey
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-01-26 Meditation: Know That You’re Here 19:22
Tara Brach
We spend many moments in a trance, time traveling to the past and future, lost in a virtual reality. This meditation helps us collect our attention with our breath, awaken through the body, and open the senses. We then rest in the wakeful openness that includes changing experience, aware of the mystery and vividness of being Here.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-01-26 Living with Courageous Presence 46:53
Tara Brach
The essence of courage is to willingly feel our vulnerability; this is what allows us to respond to life with an undefended, wise heart. This talk explores the ways we resist opening to vulnerability, and three key steps in cultivating a courageous presence. Ask, “What does it mean to be courageous at this moment?”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-01-26 Introduction to Buddhist Awareness Practice, Week 3 – Meditation 30:49
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Buddhist Awareness Practice: 3-week course

2022-01-26 Introduction to Buddhist Awareness Practice, Week 3 – Talk 28:58
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Buddhist Awareness Practice: 3-week course

2022-01-26 Week 3 - Exploring Compassion - Karuna 1:24:31
Kirsten Kratz
Instructions & Guided Meditation
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-26 Bewusste Verletzlichkeit und Wachstum ~ Alles ist nur von der Natur geborgt 62:12
Ayya Santacitta
Vortrag & Geführte Meditation | Die fünf Gewissheiten
ÖBR Theravada Schule Wien

2022-01-25 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 3 — Opening thoughts and guided meditation 57:02
Mark Nunberg
Meditation begins around 27:30
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation: 6-week course

2022-01-25 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 3 – Discussion 33:41
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation: 6-week course

2022-01-25 Sound 4 Puja 38:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Honouring and offering creates the atmosphere; recalling the purpose of the event/ the moment; using the significance of the location and time; cultivating aspiration
Cittaviveka Ajahn Sucitto Chanting Collection - Pali Sounds and Chanting Guidance

2022-01-24 Buddhist Studies Course: Liberating the Heart with Goodwill, Compassion, Appreciative Joy, and Equanimity – Week 3 – Talk 57:46
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course: Liberating the Heart with Goodwill, Compassion, Appreciative Joy, and Equanimity

2022-01-24 Monday Night Dharma Talk - The life and teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh 45:29
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2022-01-24 Sound 3 Review and Practice 33:43
Ajahn Sucitto
Noticing and reclaiming Pali phoneme differences from English and Thai; the effect of English and Thai language particularities; rhythm and consonant length
Cittaviveka Ajahn Sucitto Chanting Collection - Pali Sounds and Chanting Guidance

2022-01-23 Dharma Talk - Fierce Compassion 58:37
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Dana Retreat: Inner Peace and Fierce Compassion

2022-01-23 Week 2 - Instructions and Guided Meditation 51:05
Kirsten Kratz
-Welcoming All Experience With Kindness and Compassion
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-23 A Tribute to Thich Nhat Hanh 1:30:10
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2022-01-23 Teaching Session with Guided Practice, and Closing Session. 1:34:27
Sari Markkanen
Exploring the map of the jhanas, their beauty and benefit, and how samadhi practice connects with insight and the understanding of emptiness and dependent origination. This includes a guided practice that builds on the guided practices during the retreat. Closing of the retreat.
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-23 Guided Meditation on Compassion 44:54
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Dana Retreat: Inner Peace and Fierce Compassion

2022-01-23 Sound 2 Consonants 42:17
Ajahn Sucitto
Mouth closure sounds that terminate a vowel
Cittaviveka Ajahn Sucitto Chanting Collection - Pali Sounds and Chanting Guidance

2022-01-23 Guided Meditation 31:58
Sari Markkanen
Playing with metta (2) and proceeding into one's base practice (builds on previous meditations from this retreat)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-23 Understanding the Experience of Freedom, Week 2 – Meditation 31:53
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-01-23 Understanding the Experience of Freedom, Week 2 – Talk 40:09
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-01-23 Teaching Session & Guided Meditation 1:24:32
Sari Markkanen
Pointers and signposts of deepening, and a few words about metta practice for cultivating samadhi. Guided meditation: Playing with metta (1)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-23 Morning Meditation Instructions 41:48
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Dana Retreat: Inner Peace and Fierce Compassion

2022-01-22 Practicing in the Body for Insight : Impermanence 42:57
Bonnie Duran
This talk gives information about practicing with the 4 Elements and with Vedana/Feeling tone for insight into impermanence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Elements Retreat

2022-01-22 Teaching Session 1:10:32
Sari Markkanen
Working with the hindrances in samadhi practice.
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-22 Dharma Talk - Mind Training for Transformative Change 51:11
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Dana Retreat: Inner Peace and Fierce Compassion

2022-01-22 Guided Meditation, Teachings. 37:06
Sari Markkanen
Playing with the breath (2) (this one builds on the previous practice)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-22 Guided Meditation on the Full Awareness of Breathing 39:18
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Dana Retreat: Inner Peace and Fierce Compassion

2022-01-22 Sound 1 Breath and Vowels 36:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Outline of an approach to chanting as a practice; vowels
Cittaviveka Ajahn Sucitto Chanting Collection - Pali Sounds and Chanting Guidance

2022-01-22 Opening Session for the Retreat 1:20:29
Sari Markkanen
Introduction into samadhi practice. Guided meditation: Playing with the breath (1)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-22 Fearless 1:24:32
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2022-01-21 Not-Self, Healthy Self, Anatta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:53
Kate Munding
How to understand the Buddha's teachings on Anatta (not-self)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Elements Retreat

2022-01-21 Rainbodhi, Tradition and its evolution, Breath meditation, Dhamma talk: the 8-fold path, Q+A 1:23:18
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
Bhante Akāliko's Rainbodhi booklet. Thoughts on tradition and its evolution. Bhante Sujato on meditation going against the stream of result based thinking. Breath meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk: the 8 parts of the 8fold path. Q+A: right livelihood. Connection lost during Q+A.
Lokanta Vihara

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